Auxiliary seat.



0. V. DUNN.

AUXILIARY SEAT.

PPucATloN man MAR. 14. 191s.

Lmip Y n Patented Jan.'23,1917.

@EN V. DUNN, 0F BROOKNGS, SUUTH DAKTA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented dan fatti,

Application filed. March 1&1, 1916. Serial No. 84,169;

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that lt, @HN V. DUNN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brookings, in the county of Brookings and State of SouthDakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Auxiliary Seats, ofwhich the following is a specification. lin. carrying out the presentinvention, it is. my purpose to provide a portable aux- 1l1ary seatwhich will be found especially useful by those occupying the bleachersat baseball games, football games and other amusements and which willprovide the 0ccupant with a clean seat and a back rest.

It 1s also my purpose to provide a vseat of the class described whichwill embrace the desired features of simplicity, efliciency anddurability and wherein the back may be folded down onto the seat portionso that the devlce may be readily carried from place to place and storedin a small space. With the above and other objects in view, theinventlon consists in the construction, combination and arrangement ofparts hereinafter set forth in and falling within the scope of theclaim. ln the accompanying drawing; Figure 1 1s a view in side elevationof an auxiliary seat constructed in accordance with the presentinvention, the same being shown) as applied to a bleacher seat. Fig. 2is a perspective view of the auxiliary seat.

Referringnow It-o the drawing in detail, 1 designatesl a ,substantiallyrectangular frame which, in the present instance, is formed of a singlelength of wire bent to provide front and rear end barsQ and 3 and sidebars 4, 4. rllhe front end bar 2, at its juncture wlth the side bars 4,is bent downwardly `and rearwardly to form hooks 5 that are designed toengage beneath the forward edge of the bleacher seat, as clearlyillustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing, while the rear bar 3, at itsjuncture with the side bars 4c, is bent to form' upwardly projectingeyes 6 alining axially with each other and disposed at right angles tothe rear bar. Secured to the front bar, the rear bar and the side barsin some suitableVv manner is a seat 7 formed of felt, canvas or anyother desired material.

8 designates the back rest. ln the present instance, this rest is formedof a single length of wire 9 bent upon itself between its ends andhavingthe outer end portions thereof bent outwardly to form pintles 10pivoted in the eyes 6, and then curved downwardly and inwardly to formstops 1l that Vengage beneath the side bars 4 of the frame l to hold theback rest in rest forming position..

' In the use of the seat, the hooks 5 are engaged beneath the forwardedge of the bleacher seat, thereby holding the frame 1` upon suchbleacher seat, and the back rest 5 is swung upwardly to rest formingposition. When the seat is occupied and the occupant leans against theback rest, the hooks 5 in engagement with the bleacher seat preventtilting of the auxiliary seat.

l claim:

An auxiliary seat of the class described, comprising a seat frame formedof a single length of wire bent to provide front and rear end bars andside bars, the' front end bai` at its junction with the side bars beingbent downwardly and rearwardly to form hooks, the rear bar at itsjunction with said `side bars being bent to form upwardly projecting`axially alining eyes arranged at right angles to said rear bar, and aback rest formed of a single length of wire having the end portionthereof bent to provide pintles pivoted in the said eyes, respectively.ln testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' @LIN V.-lDlUNN. `Witnessesz VAN 1D. lFIsHnAcK,

lvAN L. Conan

